Senior Manager, R&D Recruiting Operations

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, or San Francisco.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

The Senior Manager, R&D Talent Acquisition Operations will lead operational strategy, reporting infrastructure, systems optimization, and recruiting coordination for the NAMER R&D Talent Acquisition organization. The team supports hiring across Engineering and Product functions, spanning Early Career, Industry, and Executive recruiting.

This role is responsible for building and scaling the operational foundation that enables hiring velocity, data and systems integrity, recruiter productivity, and a strong candidate experience across R&D.

Reporting to the Sr. Director, R&D Talent Acquisition (NAMER), this leader serves as a close operational partner to R&D TA Leadership and manages:

• Program Manager supporting the Early Career Recruiting organization

• The Recruiting Coordination function for R&D Talent Acquisition

This role partners cross-functionally with Finance, People Analytics, HR, and senior Engineering and Product stakeholders to ensure R&D Talent Acquisition operates with scale, rigor, clarity, and measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities

Organizational & Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the R&D TA Operations team, including Early Career Program Management and Recruiting Coordination.
• Establish clear service models, operating rhythms, and performance standards that support recruiter effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Ensure operational alignment across Early Career, Industry, and Executive recruiting segments.

Strategic Partnership & Execution

• Partner with the Sr. Director of R&D Talent Acquisition and TA Managers to execute strategic priorities across Engineering and Product hiring.
• Drive OKR planning and progress tracking across the R&D TA organization; review Employee Voice Survey results and support development of action plans.
• Own agendas and develop data-driven content for R&D TA leadership meetings, offsites, All Hands, and executive updates.
• Co-author communications to senior Engineering, Product, and HR stakeholders.

Workforce Planning, Budget & Capacity

• Partner with Finance, People Analytics, and HR in requisition approvals, position management, headcount tracking, hiring analytics, and forecasting.
• Manage headcount tracking, budget visibility, and capacity modeling for the NAMER R&D TA organization.
• Monitor demand, productivity, and requisitions per resource to inform staffing decisions.

Data, Reporting & Insights

• Own the reporting framework for NAMER R&D TA, ensuring clear visibility into funnel health, delivery performance, demand trends, and productivity metrics.
• Optimize dashboards and reporting to support leadership decision-making and business reviews.
• Drive consistency and accountability through regular reporting rhythms.

Process & Systems Optimization

• Design, document, and scale recruiting workflows across Engineering and Product hiring.
• Serve as primary operational partner for recruiting systems impacting R&D (ATS, scheduling tools, workflow processes).
• Partner with HR Tech and TA Operations teams on system enhancements, testing, and rollouts.
• Maintain and improve documentation across workflows, service models, and operating procedures.
• Proactively identify and implement process improvements and scalable best practices.

Organizational Change & Representation

• Lead the TA Operations workstream for organizational changes or hiring transformations impacting R&D recruiting.
• Represent NAMER R&D TA in broader TA Operations forums to ensure alignment, feedback loops, and